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Psalm 44:7
But you have saved us from our adversaries, and have shamed those who hate us.
5Through you, we will push down our adversaries. Through your name, we will tread down those who rise up against us.
6For I will not trust in my bow, neither will my sword save me.
7But you have saved us from our adversaries, and have shamed those who hate us.
8In God we have made our boast all day long. We will give thanks to your name forever. Selah.
9But now you rejected us, and brought us to dishonor, and don’t go out with our armies.
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Israel’s enemies have been shamed, and God receives the credit for rescue in battle, even as the next lines turn toward rejection and dishonor.
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Psalm 140:7LORD, the Lord, the strength of my salvation, you have covered my head in the day of battle.Both address God as the source of salvation in battle, with Psalm 140 describing his protection of the speaker’s head.
Psalm 136:24and has delivered us from our adversaries, for his loving kindness endures forever;Both credit God with deliverance from adversaries, and Psalm 136 connects that rescue with his enduring loving kindness.
Joshua 23:9–10“For the LORD has driven great and strong nations out from before you. But as for you, no man has stood before you to this day.Both recall God overcoming opposition for his people, with Joshua naming the strong nations driven out before them.
Joshua 1:5No man will be able to stand before you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so I will be with you. I will not fail you nor forsake you.Both connect prevailing against opposition with God’s help; Joshua receives a promise, while the psalm recalls deliverance.
Psalm 132:18I will clothe his enemies with shame, but on himself, his crown will shine.”Both attribute the shame of enemies to God, with Psalm 132 expressing as a promise what Psalm 44 remembers.
Genesis 49:24But his bow remained strong. The arms of his hands were made strong, by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, (from there is the shepherd, the stone of Israel),Both credit God with help in conflict, though Genesis describes strength for a bow and Psalm 44 describes rescue.
Psalm 53:5There they were in great fear, where no fear was, for God has scattered the bones of him who encamps against you. You have put them to shame, because God has …Both describe hostile forces brought to shame through God’s action, with Psalm 53 also naming their fear and scattered bones.
Joshua 10:42Joshua took all these kings and their land at one time because the LORD, the God of Israel, fought for Israel.Both attribute Israel’s success against enemies to God, with Joshua stating that the Lord fought for Israel.
2 Samuel 7:10I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in their own place and be moved no more. The children of wickedness will …Both concern God’s protection from hostile people; the psalm remembers rescue, while Samuel records a promise of freedom from affliction.
Joshua 11:6The LORD said to Joshua, “Don’t be afraid because of them; for tomorrow at this time, I will deliver them up all slain before Israel. You shall hamstring their …Both describe God overcoming Israel’s enemies, with Joshua’s passage specifying death in battle and the destruction of horses and chariots.
1 Samuel 17:47and that all this assembly may know that the LORD doesn’t save with sword and spear; for the battle is the LORD’s, and he will give you into our hand.”Both give God credit for saving his people in battle, and Samuel’s passage denies that sword and spear provide salvation.
1 Samuel 7:8–12The children of Israel said to Samuel, “Don’t stop crying to the LORD our God for us, that he will save us out of the hand of the Philistines.”Both look to God for rescue from enemies; Israel’s plea through Samuel seeks the deliverance Psalm 44 recalls.
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Remembering God’s help can make present trouble harder to understand. Psalm 44 leaves that tension in its prayer: the God addressed in distress is the God who saved.
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